Next, Lu's house was searched inside and outside, but no trace of Lu Pheasant was found. Even though Xu Ran was in a calm mood, he was slightly anxious.
Could it be that someone with better martial arts than me could have come in unnoticed and kidnapped Lu Pheasant?
"Who is entering the house today?" Xu Ran asked.
"There are Zhang family, Li family..."
Lu Gong named several celebrities in Pei County in succession, paused, and added: "There is also the Cao family, because you and Su'er are getting married, so they came in advance with gifts to congratulate you."
"Where are the gifts given in advance?" Xu Ran was a little confused and continued to ask: "What's wrong with them when they come to the mansion?"
"No," Lu Gong shook his head blankly and said, "After giving the gifts, they left."
Later, Xu Ran asked the two soldiers at the gate, who explained that the celebrities left the gate alone and did not find Lu Pheasant going out.
"This is strange." Xu Ran frowned.
"By the way, King Xu, before the young master of the Cao family left, several of his servants left carrying a box." Suddenly, a soldier said.
"Box" Xu Ran's eyes lit up.
"My nephew Cao Zheng said that the box was still useful, so he took it back." At this time, Lu Gong said next to him.
Cao Zheng is the son of Cao Peigong, the magistrate of Pei County. Today he came to deliver gifts on behalf of his father. He filled a large box full of fine cloth and took the box away before leaving.
"Let's go to the county magistrate's mansion"
Xu Ran was now certain that Lu Pheasant was taken away by the so-called Cao Zheng. The box was the biggest suspicious point, otherwise Lu Pheasant would not have been taken out with so many guards.
Only when it is put in a box can it be taken out in a dignified manner.
"This, this is impossible," Lu Gong stared at the side.
He and Peixian County Magistrate Cao Peigong have been close friends for decades. He does not believe that Cao Peigong took away his daughter.
If that were the case, then the friendship between the two would have been severed.
"How is it impossible?" Xu Ran sneered.
Cao Peigong may not be so bold, but his son is most likely to be so lustful that he makes impulsive mistakes because of Lv Zhi's beauty.
Xu Ran quickly alerted a hundred soldiers and broke into the county magistrate's mansion. Immediately, a servant spotted them and began to scold them, but they were pushed away mercilessly.
"You are so brave, how dare you break into the county magistrate's mansion privately," a male servant said in a stern voice, trying to use the county magistrate's tiger skin to calm the group of intruders.
A soldier walked over and slapped the latter in the face, knocking him to the spot.
"stop"
A calm and angry voice came, and an old man in his sixties or seventies, but energetic, walked over and stared at Xu Ran angrily.
This old man is the magistrate of Pei County.
Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xu Ran is the leader.
"What are you doing?" Cao Peigong looked at Xu Ran angrily.
Xu Ran ignored the other party and directly ordered: "Search for me."
Wow!
About a hundred soldiers immediately dispersed and began searching the county magistrate's residence.
"Gong Lu, what do you mean?" Cao Peigong also saw Lu Gong following him and said with suppressed anger.
"This, this..." Mr. Lu muttered, not knowing what to explain.
If Lu Pheasant was really taken away by Cao Zheng, then his friendship with Cao Peigong would be over. But if Cao Zheng was wronged, then Lu Gong would feel that he was unworthy of Cao Peigong.
So I didn’t know what to say for a while.
"Let me tell you, your son came to give gifts, and the eldest daughter of the Lu family was still fine. After your son left, the eldest daughter of the Lu family disappeared, so I have reason to suspect that it was your son who kidnapped the Lu family.
"Miss" Xu Ran saw Mr. Lu's dilemma and came to the rescue.
"You are King Xu?" Cao Peigong looked at Xu Ran and asked.
Xu Ran ignored the other party.
"It's impossible for my son to do this." Seeing Xu Ran ignoring him, Cao Peigong snorted coldly, with a hint of coldness in his tone.
"Who are you..." Not far away, a rather young, handsome-looking man walked over, and then he saw many more soldiers in the mansion.
A flash of panic suddenly flashed in his eyes, and then returned to normal.
"You are Cao Zheng." Xu Ran glanced at the latter. The latter's hand was wrapped with a white cloth, and he must have been injured.
"I am Cao Zheng, who are you?"
When Cao Zheng met the other party's eyes, he felt an inexplicable fear in his heart, but he still straightened his back and said with a cold snort.
"Report to King Xu, he has been found." At this moment, a soldier came to report.
"It's over"
Cao Zheng's face turned pale and he almost collapsed on the ground.
In fact, after seeing so many strangers in the mansion, and seeing that these soldiers belonged to the Lu family, Cao Zheng knew that they were here to see the eldest lady of the Lu family.
But he never expected that the other party would come so quickly and also cast suspicion on himself, leaving him no time to move the eldest daughter of the Lu family.
In fact, Cao Zheng fell in love with the eldest daughter of the Lu family at first sight when his father came to visit her for the first time, but he did not expect to be rejected from his marriage proposal.
But the face of the eldest daughter of the Lu family kept appearing in his mind, and he was almost stunned.
Once this strong desire to possess grows, it will become more and more intense.
So when his father suggested giving gifts to the Lu family, Cao Zheng had some evil thoughts in mind. After giving the gifts, he made an excuse to go to the toilet and ordered several servants to tie up Lu Pheasant.
He explained to Lu Gong that the box was still useful, put the tied Lu Zhi into the box, and left the mansion in a grand manner.
When he returned home, he secretly arranged Lu Pheasant in the room, and then untied the rope. He wanted to force him out of the house, but Lu Pheasant got wise and took off the hairpin from his hair, injuring Cao Zheng's hand.
Cao Zheng secretly cursed his bad luck and had to come out to bandage the wound. After bandaging the wound, he came out to order his subordinates to take Lu Pheasant and move him to a safe place.
But unexpectedly, people from the Lu Mansion had already come to the door.
At this moment, when he heard the soldier say that he had found someone, Cao Zheng was filled with panic, and his face turned pale and bloodless.
Xu Ran heard the soldier say that he had found someone, so he followed him. Lu Gong also followed quickly and came to a guest room in the east courtyard. The door was closed tightly and two maids from the Cao Mansion were knocked to the ground.
"Pheasant, open the door, I am father, open the door quickly." Lu Gong hurriedly patted the door and said. Hearing the cry of Lu Pheasant from inside, Lu Gong looked even more anxious.
"Go and arrest Cao Zheng," Xu Ran ordered the soldiers in front of him.
Several people took orders and left.
Lu Gong was still knocking on the door, and the cry of Lu Pheasant could be heard from inside, but he would not open the door. Lu Gong remembered that everyone was running around.
"Lv Gong, you go back first, I will comfort her," Xu Ran said next to her.
"Okay, okay, I'll go back first, and you can comfort Zhi'er," Lu Gong said, and then left with a dejected look on his face.
If he really found his daughter in Cao Mansion, he didn't know if his daughter's innocence was destroyed. Moreover, the decades of friendship between him and Cao Peigong also disappeared.
ps: Introducing a master's masterpiece "The Dominion System of All Realms" that is even better than mine.